Michael Gottlieb
It is with great sadness that I write to inform you of the passing of our colleague and member of the film faculty, Michael Gottlieb. Michael was in a tragic motorcycle accident late last week, and we are deeply pained by his loss. He was 69 years old.
Writer/Producer/Director/Photographer Michael Gottlieb was raised in New York. The man whom he thought of as a father, Dr. Francisco Marino, was a prominent psychiatrist who mentored Michael through his teen years and beyond. Michael began his professional career working as an assistant on film and photo shoots and found great success as a fashion photographer. This, in turn, led to his becoming a Clio Award-winning commercial director and cinematographer, making many national spots for such clients as Xerox, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.